Ukrainian Couple Caught Laundering €380K | Dublin News

A couple from Ukraine, Ihor Samotos and Sabina Kolukhonova, were busted with €380,000 in cash hidden in their car in a Santry parking lot after cops watched Samotos receive a money-laundering package—complete with a five-euro bill and pics of his shoes to verify his identity. Samotos, struggling to make ends meet after fleeing war-torn Ukraine, got entangled with a criminal network and took the deal, pleading guilty early to get a reduced sentence. Kolukhonova, his partner and mother of a young child, was less directly involved but still convicted. Both received backdated sentences—five and a half years for Samotos, twenty months for Kolukhonova—after the judge acknowledged their difficult circumstances but held them accountable for their choices. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/e9792b42782068f5